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The project is aimed at the reduction of nutrient load into the Baltic Sea through the introduction of small-scale wastewater treatment solutions in general and dry eco toilets for individual households in particular. Within the project, 3 pilot demonstration toilets will be established for local communities situated in the Lujskij and Lomonosovskij rural districts on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. The most important activities of the project concern public awareness raising for nutrient pollutions and methods for reducing them.

February 16 experts of Ecocentrum Ltd and Friends of the Baltic NGO visited Kaykino Creative Projects NGO in the village Kaykino of Volosovskiy district. The third demonstration complex «Dry toilet with separate waste collection and composting» will be built there on the territory of art-manor «Kaykino-10».

The dry eco-toilet, established 9th of September 2017 in the FAUNA gardening community on watershed of the drainage areas of the rivers Shingarka and Chernaya, has been working around 2,5 months until winter frost.

How to deal with the problem of domestic wastewater treatment in settlements without central canalization, what kinds of the toilets to choose for rural households, and how to protect our water bodies from pollution - that were the topics of the seminar “Environmentally friendly ways of wastewater treatment for small settlements and gardening communities”.

Seminar was held on November 29 in Saint-Petersburg by Ecocentrum Ltd within the Coalition Clean Baltic program "Barent-Baltic Region. Nature and People", and the project "Small-scale local solutions to reduce nutrient load into the Baltic Sea" of the Baltic Sea Conservation Fund.